Terumasa Hino Quintet – Into the Heaven LP

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Gatefold packaging. Le Tres Jazz Club can’t really say that Japanese jazzmen benefit (not justify in fact) from a great international fame. However, trumpet playerTerumasa Hinois an exception, undoubtedly because since the ’70s he has collaborated with numerous American musicians:Gary Burton,Roy Haynes,Herbie Hancock— onInto the Heaven, which was released in 1970, Terumasa Hino is surrounded by the same musicians as onHi- Nology(LTJC 016LP), released a year earlier: his brotherMotohiko Hinoon drums,Hiromasa Suzukion electric piano,Kunimitsu Inabaon electric bass, andTakeru Muraokaon tenor sax. The eponymous piece, which lasts more than 20 minutes, is a jazz fusion giving room to choruses and which is reminiscent of the music thatMiles Davisthen oered. B side opens with “Love More Train,” a brilliant and long hard bop song, while the album closes melancholy with the peaceful “Feeling Blues As You Are Feeling.”